The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1935 Page: 3 of 8
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THE aOCKDALE REPORTER. Thunsdn^. April 25, 1935
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Virginia Hale, Louise White
Nanette Rountree
SP»rts ............... BUJ Nelson
Cjw.rl»i ............................
R«*l»orters:
. Ruth Kornegay
Senior ......................
imior ........
ophomore
teslnnan
ponsor ......
F. A.
Jane Gunn
.............. Ann Seibert
....... Dorothy Pruett
Mr. Bert D. Humes
Tommy Coffield
GRADS OF ’35 X
♦♦++ — ♦♦♦ + ♦
uv Pruett
•Frailty, thy name is woman.
President ol class in freshman, jun-
and senior years. Member of de-
te team of '34 and '35; declamation
presentative in '32; Little Theatre
Senior reporter on Tiger Tales
JUi '33- 34; associate editor of '34- 35.
ttered two years in football. Schol-
tic excellence.
ionnie Mae Renrroe
••Sweet music makes a rainy day
-em clear again.”
Attended Kingsville high freshman
nd sophomore years; member of coral
lub, high school orchestra and Little
eatre; class pianist. Junior year in
earne; choral club, class pianist. Rock-
iJp fcjgh school ’34-’35.
Allen
“Lady wherefore speak you in strange
■cents?”
Captain of junior basketball team in
1; lettered sophomore, junior and
nior years. Member of social commit-
of class in *31, *32 and '33; secre-
ry of senior class. Member of tennis
ub in '32. Belonged to the Home Ec-
nics Club in *32, *33 and ’34. As-
lant librarian in
: trice Walker
‘Speech is sometimes eloquent, but
'ence is of such a consistent worth.”
Attended Milano high school during
•shman, .sophomore, and junior years,
ember of Glee Club in ’32. Rock-
:le high school '34-'35. Scholastic ex-
llence.
‘mestine Moreland
"Friendship, like the immortality of
e soul, is too good to be believed.”
Attended school in Rockdale during
hman and senior years, and Tan-
'wood school in sophomore and jun-
years. Leading character in "Wild
lnger" at Tanglewood.
'1 Perry
“Eat, drink, and be merry.”
F. F. A. reporter on Tiger Tales of
‘I editor-in-chief in '35. Vice presi-
nt of senior class. Scholastic ex-
Uence. Jr. baseball ’32-‘33.
allls Smith
"Industry, thou are a mule!”
Sergeant-at-arms of freshman and
ior classes. Lettered one year in
tball, member of Letterman’s club
ember of Little Theatre in ’33-’34.
YLOR DAY ATTENDED
BY SENIOR GIRLS APR. 20
Seventeen of the Rockdale high
lool senior girls attended Field Day
Mary Hardin-Baylor, Saturday, Ap-
W- the trip being sponsored and
Peroned bv the W. M. U. of the
Baptist church.
e activities of the day began at
oclock a. m., and continued until
Program was as follows:
0.JO—Music and (rrp„Hn«
0:00—chapel hour
J.00~Let’s get acquainted with th*
uipus.
1:J5~-Visit the exhibits Royal Aca-
2VniHist<>rical Phila Loaders.
. 10 dramatic hour, Presser
yaltyllm’ directe<* by Miss Evelyn
^ Physical education revue,
h Jh , attendinf? from Rockdale
Idini00 Were Nona Jinks> Lillian
Curlee, Mable Claire
d Fil l Ernestine More-
■aSh^L0akum' Lula Zora Tuma,
a sJS ' Bertha Cajrtvood, Cap-
hens0^115, Idelle Plant, Dorothy
tSt r Uth Culp’ Isa** Baker,
"e ch and Pubye Jackson.
e MrTon€S were Mrs- John E-
. j D‘® c- Miles, and Mr .and
• u' Kornegay.
0R CLASS HONORS
SPONSOR, FRI,, APR. 19
sewor^JT11, the members of
' Sert D B,,rl0n0red their sponsor,
fruit shower.^ With a Cake’ Candy
^of Gidlt VLslU!d Ncllie Gray
V G ddings- last Monday and
J-y andll, 5fubort Dennis spent
ndJMonday^San Antonio.
Questioning Roger on
Ruth beinoiat Would y°u d<> H you
Id w‘slwl 0,11 <*>
•fcnii?C,^r val“ of ■oap'
: To »!ry a cake of soap?
Wash her back.
123 ROCKDALE SCHOOL
PUPILS ON HONOR ROLL
........-o .......-
Seniors Lad Scholastics in High School
With 15; Fourth Grade lias Moat
In tirades—23
One hundred and twen tv-three pu-
pils from Rockdale public schools had
no grade under 85 for the past six
weeks. If five subjects are being stu-
died, the four highest grades are con-
sidered; if three are being studied, no
grade under 90 must be made.
The senior class leads the high school
list with 15, while the sophomore class
is last with only 3. The fourth grade
leads the Intermediate department with
23, and the fifth grade and Miss Mary
E. Noble’s second grade are the lowest
with only 5.
The name of the boy and the girl
having the highest average in each
high school grade are given as follows:
Seniors: Lula Zora Tuma 98 3-4; Guy
Pruett 94 1-2. Junior: Virginia Hale
95 1-2; Claudie Muston 94 1-2. Soph-
omore: Ann Seibert 96 1-2; Annie
Frances Cone 95 1-2. Freshman: Ele-
anor Backhaus 95 1-2; Hubert Caywood
88 3-4.
The Honor Roll
Seniors, Mr. Bert D. Burnes, sponsor:
Ray Abernathy, Isabel Baker, Ber-
tha Caywood, Harvey Cooke, Norris
Cone, David Corder, Ruth Culp, Fred
Ewing, Lillian Holdiness, Ruth Korne-
gay. Earl Perry, Guy Pruett. Vera
Sheppard, Lula Zora Tuma, Beatrice
Walker.
Juniors, Miss Mable Lene Graves,
sponsor: Margaret Curry Flora Mae
Dymke, Norine Stork, Carrie Louise
Franklyn. Jane Gunn, Virginia Hale,
Jo Murphree, Claudie Muston, Billie
Nelson, Nannette Rountree, Ruby Mae
Winkler.
Sophomores, Miss Bettie Lu Garrett,
sponsor: Annie Frances Cone, Ann
Seibert, Fritzi Voyles.
Freshman, Mr. George R. Angell, i
sponsor: Eleanor Backhaus, Kathryn |
Baldridge, Iola Christian, Hubert Cay- j
wood. Ellen Joyce Flake, Betty Jean I
Gibson, Dorothy Pruett.
Seventh grade, Miss Nettie Turner,
sponsor: Opal Abernathy, Mary Alice
Ferguson, Aline Gest, Margaret Holli-
day, Eleanor Howell, La Verne Pruett,
Helen Ragan, Ruth Simms, Celeste
Swafford, Dorothy Winkler, Dolly Zim-
mer, Frank Dymke, Clyde Smith.
Sixth grade. Miss Dorothea Phillips,
sponsor: Evangeline Bamhouse, Anna
La Verne Caudle. Bessie Mae Clymore,
Agnes Darden, Inez Neal, Thelma No
ack, Eldon Kornegay, Agnes Wilder,
Robert Buniva. Leroy Gibson.
Fifth grade, Miss Mamie Rhea Wil-
liams, sponsor: Natha Lee Henry, Gro-
ver D. Reat Jr., June Backhaus, Arvel
Winkler, John T. Hale Jr.
Fourth grade, Miss Ruth C Kirk
teacher: Doris Floyd, James Gary. Lo-
dLska Justice, Jimmie Wallis. Margaret
Gest. Willard Backhaus, Earl Ryan,
Jerry Weed, Julia Verne Maxwell, Gla-
dys Sweaks, Nancy Jane Wilder, Mary
Florence Marrs, Pat Ryan, Gladys Ev-
elyn Mason, Sue Black. Lillian Whit-
worth, Evelyn Pruett. Dottie Stewart,
Carter Newton, Roger Lee Gohman,
Dannie Reat, Horace Darden, Billye
Faye Crone.
Third grade, Mrs. Fred Bethea, tea-
cher: Wayne Kornegay, Bozo Skinner,
Ruth Backhaus, Katheryn Balhorn,
Gladys Rae Heisch, Bettie Jane Jack-
son. Curtis Lynch.
Second grade, Miss Mary E. Noble,
teacher: John Pink Horton. Rhett Wil-
der, Doris Huggins, Ola Joyce Skinner,
Geraldine Anderson.
First grade, Miss Louise Hale, spon-
sor: Royce Dean Jackson, Eugene Kor-
negay, James Larkin McNeil, Gordon
THIS ISSUE
Hilly NVlson, co-sports editor,
ha* acted as issue editor for this
ifcsue of Tiger Tales. Kuth Korne-
gay, senior reporter, will act in
this capacity next week.
Thompson, Robert Charles Hairston,
Pauline Bartlett, Laura Lee Chaddock,
Bertie Clampitt, Doris Ferrari, Jeanne
Marie Gary, Analene Gibson, Willie
Lee McGuyer, Dorothy Skinner.
First grade, Mrs. S. C. Miles, tea-
cher: Charles Henry Coffield, Billy
Grabein, Frank Merelez, Rogers New-
some, Billy Earl Stallworth, James
Stone, Betty Estell, Jane Hairston, Pa-
tricia Stewart, Lucille Tuma, Nadine
Russell.
First Grade Have Ea
hunt on tridag Before Buster
HISTORICAL FIGURES
PORTRAYED IN CHAPEL
The Centennial Committee, composed
of Mrs. Hubert Dennis, Miss Mamie
Rhea Williams, Miss Louise Hale, pre-
sented the grade school history classes
in a Texas program Friday morning,
April 19 in chapel. The pupils repre-
sented the characters in Texas history
during its. progress.
In the first scene, Cabeza de Vaca,
the first white man on Texas soil, was
characterized by Richard James.
June Backhaus in the second scene
represented La Salle, who established
the first colony in Texas.
The third scene was presented, by a
group of boys who impersonated the
Spanish missionaries. Homer James,
their spokesman, represented Father
Massanet. LeRoy Gibson, acting the
part of the Texas colonists, and Char-
les Christian, representing Sterling C.
Robertson, who settled Milam county,
played in the fourth scene.
Next, Sam Houston was characteriz-
ed by Robert Derrington, who told the
story of the War of Independence and
the establishment of the Republic.
In the sixth scene, Eldon Kornegay,
who acted as Albert Sidney Johnson,
depicted the part of Texas during the
Civil War.
The last scene was played by Robert
Buniva, who impersonated James All-
red. the present governor of Texas.
Miss Louise Hale furnished the pia-
no accompaniment for each scene
throughout the program.
As the play moved the different flags
that have waved over Texas in its pro-
gressive history were presentd.
A FRESHMAN’S LAMENT
(Fred Ewing)
My heart is beating faster,
Sweat is on my brow.
The Coach is passing papers out,
He’s coming to me now!
I tremble as he hands me
The paper I thought was fine,
But written in big red letters,
Is a lowly twenty-nine!
“Oh. I made a mistake.’ he murmurs,
As he takes the paper I’ve seen,
“The one that I just gave you
Is that of Harvey Dean.”
My heart again starts beating,
Again I am alive,
I know after all my studying
I’ll get a ninety-five.
He searches through the handful
And tosses me with a grin
The paper that was really mine,
But on it was a ten!
Mr. Bert D. Burnes was the week-
end guest of Mr. Lee Roy Echert in
Mason.
ROOST YOUR
■r ■ m t m w
HOME TOWN
Just as you are loyal to your family, be loyal
to your home town.
It’s the place you hail from—where you
vote—where your Main Street is, and where
your friends live.
Buy from our merchants, patronize your
home bank and make our community a bet-
ter place in which to live and do business.
Rockdale State Bank
“THE BANK OF PERSONAL SERVICE’’
ROCKDALE, TEXAS
Mrs. W. O. Gibson, room mother of
Miss Hale’s first grade, entertained the
oloco t|i 4 ♦ V\ r» ri f*» ft no r> ». •>
ternoon, April 19. As rain had fallen
the night before and Friday morning,
the hunt for eggs, the crowning event
of the afternoon, was conducted in-
side o! the house.
The eggs were hidden in various in-
triguing places about the rooms. For
instance, several children found gegs
placed in shoes, some in the oven, some
under the bed covers, etc.
After the hunt was over the eggs were
counted and it was found that Ana
Lene Gibson had found the largest
number, nine of them. She was j building and played
awarded a small rabbit full of candy j games. About 3:00
Easter eggs.
The hostess had hidden a gold ban-
tam egg before the children arrived,
on/I f a! #4 ♦ r.
would be awarded to the one who found
it. Royce Dean Jackson found the egg
in a sugar bowl in the dining room. He
was awarded a duck and wagon in
which was a rubber egg. After this
hunt the pupils were seated and were
presented with soda water and home
made cookies.
The other first grade, under the su-
pervision of Mrs. S. C. Miles, had its
Easter egg hunt on the football field in
the rain Friday afternoon. After the
eggs were all found, the pupils and
Mrs. Miles went back to the school
several "rabbit’’
refreshments of
pecan crisp bars were served.
TIGER TRACKS
♦ By Billy Nelson +
+ ♦ + + + - + + + + +
The spring training session of the
Rockdale Tigers is due to end tomorrow
afternoon. Many huskies have been
coming out and intend to make the
full session next year.
With the loss of only three lettermen,
and those the two guards and center,
the team should make an excellent
showing in District 25-B next year.
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SEVEN YEARS AGO
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P.-T. A. HAS SOCIAL
AT SCHOOL TUESDAY
I Talk on Texas History Made by Mrs.
Kathryn Robbins; Intelligence
Test Given by Mrs. Simms
'U M T/ T~> V. I — — m-4 r1* >■ m — x
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ex-county school superintendent of Mi-
lam county, was the guest speaker at
the social meeting of the Rockdale P.-
T. A. held Tuesday, April 23.
Mrs. Robbins spoke on the subject of
Texas history, and discussed the most,
famous figures and incidents of the
history of Texas.
The club sang “Texas Our Texas."
and Mrs. Ed Simms presented an in-
telligence test of true and false ques-
tlbns on Texas history.
Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served to approximately thirty.
JUNIOR AND SENIOR PICTURES
TAKEN BY WACO STUDIO
A photo of each member of the Jun-
ior and senior classes was taken Tues-
day by a photographer representing O.
B Durfee of Waco. The pictures will
sell for 10c each, two for 15c, three for
•c, or six for a quarter. A group pho-
to can be had for 40c.
The lettermen to return are Dean,
Curry, Middleton, Kyle, Coffield, Neely,
Largent, Vanmeter, McGuyer and. Fer-
guson.
Edmonds, Landis, Ed Edwards, Red
Sanford, Clark, Posey, Gee, Sweaks,
Brumtoelow and Cast make up a very
strong reserve power, in fact, the
strongest in years.
H. E. GIRLS SELL COOKIES
Cookies, made by the first year home
economics girls, were sold in the kit-
chen last Wednesday, April 24.
The students are studying cooking,
and cookies were the topic of study this
week. Various kinds of cakes and
cookies were prepared by the class, such
as vanilla wafers, cocoanut, chocolate,
raisin, and oatmeal cookies.
The following items were taken from
the files of Tiger Tales of 7 years ago:
“On April 21, the R. H. S. Tiger
track team will compete with the best
teams of this district. The Tigers are
expecting to win the meet providing
they have the support of their star,
James Herbert Lightfoot. The other
track men going along with Lightfoot
are Newton Daniels (capt>. Emory Pic-
kens, LeRoy Hillyer, Raiford Foster,
and Johnny Richards.”
TREE CURBS ON CAMPUS
Rock curbs are being placed about
the oak trees on the Rockdale school
campus. This project is being carried
on by the RFC workers, under the su-
pervision of the school board.
HOME ECONOMICS GIRLS
MAKE CURTAINS FOR OFFICE
The second year home economics
girls, under the direction of Miss Bet-
tie Lu Garrett, are making pongee cur.
tains for the four windows between
Supt. S. C. Miles’ office and the ante-
room of the office.
Mr. Burton Miles and Miss Peggy
Jackson, of Austin, were the week end
guests of Supt. and Mrs. S. C. Miles.
Wallace Smith motored to Austin
Thursday, to Hearne and Taylor Sat-
urday. to Tajlor Sunday, and to Hearne
Monday.
It Makes
No Differeace
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how particular you may be
about them ... we can please
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job!
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The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1935, newspaper, April 25, 1935; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694148/m1/3/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.